Playing is simple: over the course of the Semi-Finals and World Groups Play-Offs of the Federation Cup across 9 different ties choose any 16 matches that are played (from World Group Semi-Finals, World Group Play-Offs and World Group 2 Play-Offs) including singles and doubles and post who you think will win them.

I will list all the possible singles matches below in post #3. I will bold the match ups that are scheduled, these are the matches you should include in your 16 PAW’s, with the unbolded ones you can include as your supplementary PAW’s.

Please note the doubles match scoring points will be released when the draw comes out, but however as it is always the 5th rubber this team is subject to change, a good idea is to PAW “USA Doubles Team” over “SLO doubles team.”

Scheduled matches sometimes change though, especially on the Sunday when team's choose different players to play who were not scheduled to. Because of this, you are encouraged to make at least 8 “Supplementary PAW’s” in case one or more of your PAW’s becomes invalid through a withdrawal or different player taking part, or in a case of a dead rubber.

When you make supplementary Picks, post them like a PAW but say SUPP1 SUPP2 etc.

For example:

SUPP1: Maes over Flipkens

Your SUPPs will be taken in the order that you wrote them, so SUPP1 has priority then SUPP2 then SUPP3 and so on, the first valid SUPP in your list will be used, so be careful if you want big pointers, I suggest you put them at the top of your SUPP List. You are allowed to replace and cancel SUPPs in the same way as you can with PAWs.

Please remember that a SUPP will not replace any main PAWs that were posted late, SUPPs are only used to replace main PAWs that were not played.

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Information to appear here soon

Reserves

You are required to make your picks just as the other team members do - if one of your team members has not made a single PAW by the end of Sunday's matches, your points will be added.

Calculation of Scores:

2 player-team: Average points of ALL player's points
3-4 player-team: Average points of ALL player's points, minus one of the player's worst result
5 player team: Average points of ALL player’s points, minus two of the player’s worst result

This year we will be making an overall tie score like the ITF Fed Cup, so the individual tie scores will either be 5-0, 4-1 or 3-2. This will be based on the percentage difference of the total points scored by each team. I will still post the total points for each team though.

Calculation of overall tie-score:

If percentage difference of total points is 0-33%, then score = 3-2
If percentage difference of total points is 34-66%, then score = 4-1
If percentage difference of total points is 67-100%, then score = 5-0

Scoring Points are now available in post #3, unfortunately I have not had the time to finish formatting the post so I will allign all points tomorrow as they are all over the place at the moment :lol: :p

16 - seeing as there were 8 matches in the last round and there were 16 picks, we will keep it the same as this round there are 9. Originally I put 14 because there was one less match then scheduled, then I remembered there is actually an extra match this time :lol: :p :wavey:

penneta over garrigues
schiavone over garrigues
penneta over lino
jackson over flipkens
craybass over flipkens
schwartz over morigami
dechy over vaidisova
safarova over golovin
ancic over chakvetadze
wozniak over olivia
rybarikova over viratprasert
bacsinsky over stosur
schiavone over lino
klaffner over morigami
dubois over olivia
dechy over safarova

penneta over garrigues
schiavone over garrigues
penneta over lino
jackson over flipkens
craybass over flipkens
schwartz over morigami
dechy over vaidisova
safarova over golovin
ancic over chakvetadze
wozniak over olivia
rybarikova over viratprasert
bacsinsky over stosur
schiavone over lino
klaffner over morigami
dubois over olivia
dechy over safarova

too late :sad:
Indonesia team has been confirmed, you didn't post the commitment yet

It looks like the World Group 2 ties are not showing live scores (even though fedcup.com said they would :mad: )

Please can you help by regularly checking www.fedcup.com and posting when each result appears, by knowing the time of the result we will use this as the deadline for the following scheduled match :wavey:

I am going to a barbecue and will be back this evening.

Canada v Argentina will not start until 8pm British Summer Time so today's results after Day 1 will not be available until this tie has completed it's matches :wavey:

It looks like the World Group 2 ties are not showing live scores (even though fedcup.com said they would :mad: )

Please can you help by regularly checking www.fedcup.com and posting when each result appears, by knowing the time of the result we will use this as the deadline for the following scheduled match :wavey:

It took the 1st match in Slovakia more than 3 hours to appear... and it was a 6:1 6:1 match that probably lasted about an hour...

nitsansh

Jul 15th, 2006, 05:07 PM

7..HANTUCHOVA (SVK) def M.TANGPHONG (THA)

This match is late

Edit to add:
Sorry, it was just in time

nitsansh

Jul 15th, 2006, 05:09 PM

Chakvetadze OVER Lisjak

Late pick

nitsansh

Jul 15th, 2006, 05:11 PM

PAW 7: D. HANTUCHOVA def M.TANGPHONG

Late pick

vamos israel

Jul 15th, 2006, 05:13 PM

It took the 1st match in Slovakia more than 3 hours to appear... and it was a 6:1 6:1 match that probably lasted about an hour...

I have been out all day and just returned home, it's 12am here :p Therefore I will post all updated scores from the 1st day of matches in the morning. Results will be available from around 11am British Summer Time :wavey:

On Sunday I will be home all day so I will be able to post results much quicker :)